Exodus 22:3

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Cross-references

Exodus 21:2 Parallel

Exodus 21:2 also deals with selling a person into service: there a Hebrew slave serves six years, while here a thief is sold to make restitution—both legal forms of servitude for debt or punishment.

Genesis 9:6 Allusion

Genesis 9:6 establishes that shedding innocent blood demands capital punishment; the daylight killing of a thief is murder, incurring bloodguilt as affirmed here.

Proverbs 6:31 requires a thief to pay sevenfold — a specific restitution rule that expands on Exodus 22:3's principle of making payment for theft.

Job 24:16 Parallel

Job 24:16 depicts thieves digging through houses by night — the same nocturnal break‑in scenario that Exodus 22:3 regulates with daytime bloodguilt.

In Leviticus 5:16, restitution for a holy thing includes a fifth added — a parallel legal principle to Exodus 22:3's payment for theft, though for different offenses.